Shock or bundle compressor



(No Model.)

W. JUNE.

i v SHOGK 0R BUNDLE COMPRESSOR. No. 352,758. Patented Nov. .16, l1886.

N. PETERS. PIMn-Lilhcgnpher, Wnshingfon. D. C.

- UNITED STATES' PATENT @EET-CE,

wEBsTEa JUNK, OE MOUNT STERLING, OHIO.

SHOCK OR BUNDLE COMPRESSOR.

` SPECIFICATION 'forming part Of Letters Patent No. 352,758, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed February 11, 1886. Serial No. 191,633. (No model l ToV a/ZZ whom/ it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WEBSTER JUNK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Sterling, in the county of Madison and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock or Bundle Compressors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which'forma vpart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shock be ing compressed by my improved shock or bundle compressor.` Fig. 2 is a similar view of device detached, and showing the serrations in the ends of the plates in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the' frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures. 1

My4 invention has relation to devices for compressing bundles or shocks of straw, corn, or fodder, or similar bundles preparatory to binding them; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a frame formed by a piece of thick metallic wire or a metallic rod, and this rod is bent to form a cross-piece, B, from the ends of which two longitudinal pieces, C G, project, the ends of which are formed into hooks or eyes D and E, one being preferably a closed eye, while the other is a hook, although both may be hooks or both eyes, if desired.

The inner ends of two dat plates, F F, are cut away and bent to form transverse eyes Gr G, each eye being of a width nearly equal to one-half of the length of the cross-piece, and these eyes fit and turn upon the cross-piece, and a spring, H, is coiled around the crosspiece at its middle, and has its endsI I bearing against the outer edges of the cut-away portions of the pawls. A rope, J, may pass through the eyes and may be held by the springplates, which will bear with their ends against the rope, the ends of the plates nearly covering the eyes or hooks.

If desired,the ends of the plates may be serrated, as at '0, Fig. 3, for the purpose of affordsecured to a stick or rod, which will support it, and the end of the rope is passed through the eye of the frame under the end ofthe plate, which will hold that end of the rope. The rope is now carried around the shock or bundle, whereupon the free end of the rope-is inserted into the hook, in which the other plate will retain the rope. When nowr the frame and its plates are held against the shock or bundle and the ends of the rope are simultaneously grasped and drawn out, the shock or bundle will be compressed and the'ends of the rope will all the time be held firmly from slipping back by the plates, so that the person compressing the shock or bundle may stop Vduring the operation of compressing it and renew his hold, or stop for any other purpose, without any danger of the rope slipping back.

The ends of the spring coiled around the cross-piece of the frame willl bear equally as hard against each ofthe outer ends ofthe plates, and will bear sufficiently hard against the pawls to hold the rope which is drawn by the expansion of the shock or bundle, to furthermore draw the ends of the plates'toward the hook and the eye, and if the ends of the plates are serrated the rope will be held still more rmly without'any danger of the rope slipping out of the hook and eye.

Although the frame may be made with two -eyes or with two hooks, it is most desirable to have one hook and one eye, inasmuch as the end of the rope to be held while the other end ofthe rope is passed around the shock or bundle will be more securely held by an eye t-han by a hook,and the hook will afford an easier passage for the insertion of the rope after it has b :en passed around the shockand partly tightened than the eye, so that itl will be seen that it is the most desirable construction to have the hook at one end and the eye at the other end of the frame.

compressing shocks of corn or fodder and bundles of "hay, straw, orsiniilar bundles, as well as for compressing and holding any rope The device may be used forbinding orr formed with one eye and one hooked end, is

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which may be passed around any yielding article, or for holding the ends of a cord or rope passed around an article and desired to be held firmly at the ends.

The entire device may be made at a very slight expense, and Will be very simple in construction, so that it will be simple in operation and durable, being not liable to get out of Order during use.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. In' a compressor or binder for shocks or bundles, the combination of a frame consisting of a cross-piece and two longitudinal pieces, plates pivoted at the cross-piece and having their ends bearing against the ends of said longitudinal pieces, said pieces being provided with bent ends for securing a rope, a spring bearing with its ends against the outer sides of the plates and secured to the cross-piece, and a rope or cord, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In apcompressor or binder for shocks or bundles, the combination ofa frame consisting of a cross-piece and two longitudinal pieces projecting from the ends of the cross-piece, and provided at their ends7 one With an eye and one with a hook, two flat plates having their inner ends cnt away at one-halt' their width and bent to form transverse eyes turning upon the cross-piece, a spring coiled at its middle around the middle of the cross-piece and bearing with its ends against the outer cut-away ends of the plate, and a cord or rope passed through the eye and hook", and clamped by the plates,as and for the purpose shown and set forth. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WEBSTER JUNK.

Witnesses:

W. H. SNYDERv7 J. W. RIDDLE. 

